# Clean Architecture: Use Cases Should NOT Catch Stripe Exceptions

DevFeed: [Clean Architecture: Use Cases Should NOT Catch Stripe Exceptions](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/clean-architecture-use-cases-should-not-catch-stripe-exceptions-26181.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://journal.optivem.com/p/clean-architecture-use-cases-should-not-catch-stripe-exceptions>)

Author: Valentina Jemuović

Published: 2026-08-27T06:01:02Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Optivem Journal](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/optivem-journal.md>)

Topics: [Error Handling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/error-handling.md>), [stripe](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/stripe.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [error-handling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/error-handling.md>), [exceptions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/exceptions.md>), [stripe](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/stripe.md>)

## AI overview

The article addresses error handling in the application layer and argues that Clean Architecture use cases should not catch Stripe exceptions.

## Source excerpt

Error Handling - Application layer